With his debut album Soul Power Curtis Harding managed to attract lovers of authentic sounding soul music. It pleads for Harding that he manages to inject new life into this genre. It helps that he has a smooth voice and puts heart and soul into what he sings. Harding also explores the extremes of the soul genre. For example, the northern soulstamper On And On follows the title track adorned with
… flamboyant violins and Harding's love for psychedelic rock shines through at regular intervals. In the strong opening track Wednesday Morning Atonement, Harding gets some production help from Danger Mouse, but the true star on this album remains Harding himself. Strong plate. (PdK)more
